When running a ntdsutil for metadata cleanup no servers as displayed when ‘list servers in site’ is selected performing a list servers in selected site results inFound 1 server(s)0 – (null) Resolution:Run the NTDSUTIL directly from one of the 2003 domain controllers using the 2003 version of NTDSUTIL. We were running ntdsutil on a windows 2008 […]
promo or demotion of a active directory domain controller fails with error messageThe Operation failed because:Failed to configue the service NETLOGON as requested “the wait operation timed out” resolution:The netlogon service takes too long to stop, ensure this service is now stopped using services.msc, click BACK on the wizard and next to repeat the process […]
Password Manager 4.8 Password manager orders the questions by the order they are added to the conosole.It is not alphabetic as you would logically expect To change the order we had to disable the first questionadd the same question so it was the last question added to the list (but subtly change its name)deselect the first […]
Problem:Users would launch JAVA the first time on a windows 2008 boxThey have a roaming profile configuredThe application would launch first time – without issueThey would log offAfter the user logs off (and the ntuser.dat gets updated)Java would no longer launch for anything / no control panel / no apps / no .jar files opening […]
Error Message: Error -2147217900: failed to create SQL database Edgesight, error details: CREATE DATABASE failed. Some file names listed could not be created. Check related errors.. OR Error -2147217865: failed to drop SQL database: Edgesight, error detail: Cannot drop the database ‘Edgesight’, because it does not exist of you do not have permission Resolution:Delete or […]
This happens if the database user does not have DBCREATOR rights on the SQL instance Assign these rights and try again
Check the profile isnt locked on in use on the server (System Properties > Advanced System Settings> User profiles > Settings > delete the profile for the user in question　If that doesnt exist and the user is still having issues logging in (in our instance it was even after rebooting)delete HKLMSOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWS NTCURRENTVERSIONPROFILELISTUSER SID Error Message: […]
We needed out IE settings globally to set the “check for newer versions of stored pages” as everytime I visit the webpage. In group policy this was nightmarish because we already had a significant amount or maintenance settings applied and was difficult to set this without resetting those settings already applied. Impatience got the better of […]
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This script will run for all listed citrix servers to check if logons are enabled or disabled remotely.its just a remote registry query coupled with an array, basic but functional.. 🙂 —————————————————————————————————-‘START SCRIPTconst HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002 Dim oReg, strKeyPath, strValueName, strDisabled, objArgs, strComputer, arrComputersarrComputers = Array(“server1″,”server2″”) sOutput = “Logons Enabled(0) or Disabled(1)” & VBCRLF & […]